Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Former Make-A-Wish Iowa CEO Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
Jun 3 2021 // The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has pleaded guilty to charges of embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the charity that supports sick children and their families. Jennifer Woodley admitted in a written guilty...
Iowa DHS Employee Awarded $790K in Sex Harassment Suit
May 25 2021 // A jury has awarded an Iowa Department of Human Services employee $790,000 in damages in her lawsuit accusing the department of fostering sexual harassment. The jury handed down the award at the conclusion of the nearly...
Owners Will Rebuild Iowa Grain Elevator Following Explosion
May 25 2021 // A dust explosion at a central Iowa grain elevator earlier this month should not affect storage capacity or operations during this fall’s harvest, the company said. Landus Cooperative grain elevator in Jefferson said...
Iowa’s Ramsey-Weeks Insurance Merges with First Mainstreet
May 20 2021 // Ramsey-Weeks Insurance in Grinnell, Iowa, has merged with First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C. Ramsey-Weeks is a fourth-generation, family-owned insurance agency that has been in...
Dubuque, Iowa, to Pay $1.8M to Settle Police Discrimination Suit
May 19 2021 // The city of Dubuque, Iowa, will pay more than $1.8 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit brought by a former police captain who accused the city and police chief of fostering a culture of sexism in the...
Iowa Town Evacuated After Fiery Train Derailment
May 17 2021 // Thick black smoke billowed into the air on May 16 after a train derailed in northwest Iowa, prompting authorities to evacuate part of a small, nearby town. The fiery derailment happened early in the afternoon on the...
Worker Overcome by Fumes in Iowa Plant Rescued
May 13 2021 // A hazardous materials team rescued a worker who was overcome by fumes on May 12 inside a suburban Des Moines, Iowa, food packaging manufacturing plant. The incident occurred just after 8 a.m. at Amcor in Saylor Township,...
Court: Parts of Black Ex-Iowa Football Players’ Discrimination Lawsuit Can Proceed
May 11 2021 // A federal lawsuit brought by a group of former Iowa football players alleging staff members mistreated Black players will move forward, but all or parts of some of the allegations were thrown out. Offensive coordinator...
Workplace Safety Regulator Warns Of COVID-19 Hazards Inside Iowa Capitol
Apr 21 2021 // A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus, according to documents released...
Insurer to Pay $8M Settlement in Suit by Black Man Paralyzed by Iowa Officer
Apr 20 2021 // An insurance company for the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will pay $8 million to a Black motorist who was paralyzed after a white police officer shot him during a 2016 traffic stop, both sides announced on April 19. The...
Suit Over Iowa Trooper’s Alleged Misconduct Settled for $225K
Apr 7 2021 // Iowa will pay $225,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was injured when a state trooper knocked him over and put his knee on his neck during a 2017 traffic stop, according to documents. The payment to Bryce Yakish...
Iowa Insurance Agent Told to Stop Doing Business in the State
Apr 6 2021 // An Iowa insurance agent has had his license suspended and has been ordered to cease and desist conducting insurance business in the state, regulators say. The Iowa Insurance Division said in addition, Oscar Sanchez of West...
Trinity Healthshare to Stop Operating in Iowa After ‘Unauthorized Insurer’ Charges
Mar 19 2021 // Trinity Healthshare Inc. (now known as Sharity Ministries Inc.) has agreed cease operating in Iowa on June 30, 2021, the state insurance division reported. The Iowa Insurance Division says Trinity has agreed to cease...
Former Iowa Insurance Agent Faces Fraud Charges
Mar 4 2021 // A former Red Oak, Iowa, insurance agent is facing felony charges related to alleged insurance fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division said Dustin French has been charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting...
Flood Risk in Iowa, Nebraska Appears Low with Gradual Snow Melt
Feb 25 2021 // The risk of flooding generally remains low across most of Nebraska and Iowa because the snow across both states is expected to melt gradually in the coming days. But the amount of ice on some rivers, particularly the...
Iowa’s UFG, Topsail Re Agree on Program Management Sharing Plan
Feb 23 2021 // UFG Insurance, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Topsail Re have agreed to share program management and risk for certain lines of business. According to UFG, the new agreement is a companion lines arrangement wherein UFG...
Former Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud, Money Laundering
Feb 22 2021 // A former Iowa insurance agent has been charged money laundering and fraud, among other charges, the Iowa Insurance Division reported. Michael J. Heiberger, age 52, of Epworth, has been charged with one count of money...
Officials in Small Iowa Town Charged with Embezzlement, Other Felonies
Feb 16 2021 // The mayor, police chief and current and former city clerk of a small Iowa town have been charged with a string of felonies and misdemeanors after a multi-year investigation uncovered embezzlement and other abuses,...
Improvements Bringing Down Flood Insurance Rates in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Feb 7 2021 // When Iowa’s Cedar River flooded over 10 square miles of the city in 2008, few property owners had flood insurance — slowing recovery for residents and business owners as they waited for resources from the federal...
Iowa Agent Again Charged with Insurance Fraud, Theft
Feb 3 2021 // A suburban Des Moines, Iowa, insurance agent has been charged with multiple felony counts after state officials say he collected thousands of dollars in premiums for nonexistent insurance policies after his license was...
